Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requests that the hearings in his criminal trial in which he was scheduled to testify this week be canceled due to the operation to remove his prostate he is scheduled to undergo today.
His request, submitted by his attorney Amit Hadad to the Jerusalem District Court, notes that the prime minister will undergo the surgery under full anesthetic and that he will remain in hospital for “several days.”
“At this stage, the court is requested to cancel the hearings scheduled for this week,” Hadad says, adding that he will “update the court going forward.”
Hadad notes the prosecution has already agreed to cancel the hearings this week.
Netanyahu began giving testimony on December 10 and has testified in court six times so far on the charges against him of bribery and fraud and breach of trust.
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